# Anyone here have a fire pit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-fire-pit/832173>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-fire-pit/832173 "2019-04-07T14:45:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-fire-pit/832173/21 "2019-04-10T22:45:01Z")

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Prior owner had installed one, apparently as a a cheap feature to increase the desirability of the house. Had our first fire a few weeks after moving in, and woke up the next morning to the irrrigation system shooting a plume of water straight up and out of it. They had unknowingly built it over the distribution pipe to one of the sprinkler zones.  
I joked with my wife that it was a fancy “self extinguishing” fire pit.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-fire-pit/832173/22 "2019-04-10T23:20:47Z")

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Yep, we have one. We use it some for family get-togethers, but mostly for making s’mores with the grandkids!

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